Erica Bryant: A gradual approach to desegregating schools

7:08 PM,
Jan. 3, 2014

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You have to flip through a couple of pages to get to the revolutionary part of Van Henri White's Revolution. His manifesto features plans to extend the school year, add reading teachers and institute parent report cards. Then, under a picture of a smiling child using blocks to spell the word "learn," you find a proposal for desegregation.

It is technically a proposal for "education and community enhancement districts," but you have to read between the lines. After all, White couldn't quite come out and declare war on class segregation in Monroe County's public education system. Not if he ...